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TikTok Billionaire Zhang Yiming Overtakes Gautam Adani as Asia’s Richest Person

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ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming has become Asia’s richest person for the first time, marking a comeback for the TikTok developer as fortunes linked to artificial intelligence surge above the billionaires of traditional industry.

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  1. 2026-09-16 09:48 · Bloomberg AI
    TikTok Billionaire Becomes Asia’s Richest Person
  2. 2026-09-16 05:56 · Bloomberg AI
    TikTok Billionaire Zhang Yiming Overtakes Gautam Adani as Asia’s Richest Person

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